Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Three MPs to Face Criminal Courts

The Supreme Court has found against the three ex Labour MPs who appealed a court of appeal decision that they should face the criminal courts over allegedly fiddling their expenses. The former MPs, Jim Devine, David Chaytor and Elliott Morley, had argued that their case should be dealt with by Parliament.

I don't think the Supreme Court verdict should come as a surprise to anyone. Just think of the outrage there would have been if the decision had gone the other way.

I feel a little sorry for them because I think they have been made patsies.

Ordinarily I would think that Morley should be tried due to the outrageous nature of his claim, but like with all three of them, I am not satisfied that any jury will be genuinely impartial due to the lynch-mob, McCarthyist, and hysterical reporting of the natter.